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She was there to tell geon woo and woojin about th dark web. 😒 that’s probably the only purpose she served. They found out about the dark web and IKFCs evil enterprise like that. But after that…literally nothing.

The most authentic and real character, and personally for me, the most likeable (of course after our two leads) in this show is Moon Gwang Mu (played by Park Hoon).

Although rugged and uncouth, operating on the margins of what’s legal. He still seems like the best adult in the room for Geonwoo and Woojin. Unlike Hong Min Beom (the 3rd gen Chaebol) and Min Gang Yong (the detective with the perpetual condescending air about him), who operate from a place of ego.

They definitely had the budget to fund the cameo carousel. Just who is this Dex guy ? What is a literal social media influencer nobody doing in this production? Why was that pastry boy needed ?

That’s a great point regarding Geonwoo’s influence on him on living a good upright life. But there are soooo many moments where that spitfire woojin needs to rear his head. But it just stirs and fizzles away. You know what I mean ? It’s like he’s defanged or something

Unpopular opinion continued:
6. Woojin in series 1 was such a spitfire. A hotheaded guy. He loves geonwoo but he took no shit. He wasn’t the jokester he carried around to be. He was dangerous when angry. That fact was established in S1 when the loan shark he was trying to secure funds from for Geonwoo insults them and he just gives him one look. That look that tells you he’s a heart of gold, appears like a chill guy, jokes around and teases Geonwoo cos he’s so simple and upright but if you mess with Woojin he can make you cower with just one look. The guy who effing put up a fight with Myung Gil’s mercenaries alone in pyjamas.

But in season 2, the life has been snuffed out of Woojin. That spitfire spark is gone. Like what happened?!

Okay. So I am doing a second watch today (on a slower pace. Cos I want to enjoy the technical aspects of this production). And now I’m coming up with some unpopular opinions. (More will follow).

1. S2 DID NOT NEED THE RETURN OF IN BEOM. No matter what anyone says. In Beom was not needed whatsoever. Any screen time spent on his character in my opinion is wasted screen time.
2. When I started watching the show I whined a lot about “where’s the damn police?!!”. In hindsight, I’m thinking what difference did the police make ?
3. Villains kitted with all kinds of modern gadgetry to support their evil designs, like jammers and shit. And we have this whole law enforcement machinery trying to catch them and all they rely on is batons, cctv footage and tazer guns. Not even surveillance devices like wiretaps and or satellite imagery is utilised.
4. The hotel where the villainous enterprise was staying at (and the lady who alerted the bad guys in advance), just a passing mention. No indicments. Like what the hell does “going by the books” mean here ?
5. Wheelchair girl comeback. Was it required? If so, then why not the archer girl? Like did we need this character?

When the police guy at the end shot the ex-NIS black ops guy, I literally exclaimed “I love guns!!!!” 💀💀💀💀💀💀 and I swear to you, I hate guns. I absolutely hate hate hate those things. But when that scene happened I literally was missing guns 🤭😅

Totally unnecessary.

I don’t mind that he’s crying. Actually I find it totally believable. Also we see that every time he sees a knife pointed at him he sort of flinches and hesitates. Cos he still has that memory of getting his face cut by Kim Myong Gil. It makes total sense that he’s emotional. He’s just a guy who wanted to be a great boxer. And live his life in an upright way that people want to role model (Manny Pacquiao type). So for him to end up in these situations, of course he’s gonna get overwhelmed. He has no criminal bone in him. He struggles with it. I don’t understand why people find him becoming emotional unbelievable or unbecoming. 😒

Also how did knife 2 survive that attack? Like how? I went back to season 1 to see what the attackers did to him. Dude doesn’t even have partial handicap of any kind 😳 wow

He seems like he won’t amount to much but he’s effective in his own way 😅

I am not happy with the ending. Did I need a season 2, maybe not. But I love Lee Sang Yi and Woo Do Hwan as actors. WDH is already in main lead era so for him to comeback and do this again shows how much he loves action as a genre cos it’s no easy feat to get in shape for this and do all that stuff that he did so impeccably. LSY still hasn’t cracked the main lead code, so for me if he gets a main role in this one, I’m all for it. Cos hey, working actors need as much recognition to stitch together a filmography that creates their own niche and place in a super competitive industry. So considering all that, okay I am fine with season 2. But do I now need season 3? No. I do not. If it’s all about achieving and capturing incredible stunts on film but get served a holes-riddled plot then I don’t want it.

This guy always gets trolled. Don’t know why

Hahahahahahahahahaahahah oh my! At this point she should move to Norway or Switzerland lol

Why don’t we ever get Woojin’s backstory. Didn’t he come from a family. His father was a bronze medalist at 27, as we were told in S1. Why does LSYs character feel like a prop or a side character.

The action sequences of WDH and his ability to make them look realistic is 🤌🏻 someone give this guy a spy show. A well written, like super well written spy show.

I honestly don’t want a season 3. Especially how they have literally benched Woojin’s character.

She was the nurse who talked to Woojin. Who asked him are you a gangster?

You can get banned by International Boxing Association if you compete in illegal events. This is to ensure athlete safety and governance. In a way all sporting associations are like a mafia in their own way but in contact sport people put up with it cos these organisations make an effort to protect athletes by having trained and qualified referees and players focused safety rules.

I don’t get it. Why are we pandering to Geena? And not stomping a confession out of her. It’s not like she’s booked or anything. The investigation is off the books. K dramas always show police incompetence and corruption. Why not also show police brutality towards criminals in off the books investigations.